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The downward slide of manufacturing in the US began with the creation of the
EPA. ;)


mike hunt


"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
news:T1mHg.11740$Vo.1572@trndny09...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:01:36 -0500, DH wrote:
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>> "Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
>> news:mrYGg.6337$8I1.3759@trndny05...[color=darkred]
>>> Report on the BBC: American scientists report the hole in the ozone is
>>> 'repairing' itself and will most likely be gone within 60 years.
>>>
>>> Seems I heard this a few YEARS ago from Rush Limbaugh, eh?
>>>
>>> Hmmmmmm.....
>>>
>>> [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5276994.stm[/url][/color]
>>
>> I love the way one of you clowns gets something wrong and then the Greek
>> chorus piles on, in an effort to look stupider than the original poster.[/color]
>
>
> What, exactly, did I get wrong?
> Did you read the link?
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>>
>> In any event, this is EXACTLY what atmospheric scientists predicted would
>> happen when the Montreal agreement was signed and we started to phase out
>> CFCs[/color]
>
> Well, then, they were right! How about that!
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>>
>> Or are you clowns still into selective reading, even of the articles you
>> post?[/color]
>
> Huh?
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>>
>> Further, I don't know what it is with you bozos that "protecting the
>> environment" = "the end of the world." I know some people who are making
>> serious money because of the Montreal agreement; they developed a
>> replacement for Halon. Turned out protecting the environment was good for
>> their business. Getting tough on CO2 would also jumpstart businessses
>> here;
>> unless we just flat-out refuse to invest and develop alternatives. Then
>> the
>> Chinese and Indians will make money on it. See, our window of
>> opportunity
>> is NOW, while we still have more and better trained scientists and
>> engineers
>> than they do.[/color]
>
>
> 'Protecting the enviornment' is EXPENSIVE. That is why countries like the
> US that are FORCED into making sure their factories and industries run
> cleanly and efficiently are getting their ASSES kicked by countries like
> China, that DON"T have to meet these same requirements, when the fact is
> that China is now surpassing the US as the world's biggest polluter. And
> the fact they don't have to meet the same requirements means that rather
> than COMPETING in world markets, they can UNDERCUT those markets and flood
> the playing field with cheaper goods.
>
> Or, did you miss that?
>
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>>
>> Do you want to OWN the energy technology of the 21st century or just RENT
>> it
>> from somebody else?[/color]
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